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Cyprus
Eurostat: Greece Granted 16,200 Citizenships in 2012
Almost 818,000 migrants became citizens of the 28 European Union countries in 2012, according to figures released by Eurostat yesterday. Greece granted 16,200 citizenships and Cyprus 2,300.
In 2012, 4% more citizenships were granted compared to 2011. More than 85%...
Greece
Eurostat: 35.7% of Greeks at Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion
35.7% of Greeks were facing the risk of poverty or social exclusion during 2013, according to Eurostat figures unveiled on Tuesday, while 23.1% remained at the risk of poverty even after the social transfers and another 18.2% were living in...
Greece
Eurostat: Unemployment in Greece at 26.4% in July
Greece tops the “black list” of European unemployment once again, according to seasonally adjusted figures released on October 31 by EU statistics office, Eurostat. Unemployment rates across the 28 member states was 10.1% in September 2014, while the highest rates...
Economy
Greek Fiscal Deficit at 12.2 pct of GDP in 2013
Greece's fiscal deficit was 12.2 pct of GDP in 2013, while the country's public debt totaled 174.9 pct of total GDP, Eurostat announced on Tuesday.
In its revised figures for fiscal deficit and public debt in the EU, Eurostat said...
Greece
Differences Between Greek Men and Women in the Online World
Unlike the real world, where the differences between men and women are absolutely irreconcilable, the differences that divide the two sexes in the digital world are substantially less ingrained, according to a survey based on the databases of the United...
Europe
Greek Prefectures Among Most Aged in Europe
According to data released from Eurostat, the Greek prefectures of Evrytania, Grevena, Arta and Serres are among the 10 European prefectures with the highest percentage of elderly over 65 years old for 2013.
Evrytania, in central Greece, with the elderly reaching...
Economy
Greek Economy Shrinks More than Expected
Greece's economy shrank slightly more than expected in the second quarter of the year. It contracted by 0.3% but remains on course to emerge from a six-year recession in the coming months, according to figures published Monday.
Greece and its...
Economy
Unified Property Tax Can Be Paid in 7 Installments
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) has informed the Greek government that it can extend the period in which to collect Greece's new unified property tax (ENFIA).
After a number of errors were discovered earlier this month in the way the...
Economy
Mapping the Greek Debt
An analysis of Greek debt sustainability by economists Darvas, Sapir and Wolff depicts precisely to whom Greece has to repay its debts.
According to official data by the European Union statistical office (EUROSTAT) and the Bank of Greece (BoG), Greece...
Greece
Greece Champion in Unemployment at 27.3%
According to figures released by Eurostat in Brussels on Thursday, Greek unemployment stood at 27.3% in April. The unemployment rate in the euro zone reached 11.5% in June, down from 11.6% in May, while in the EU it declined...